{ "schema_version": "1.0.0", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-20", "evidence": [ { "id": "YFI-01", "project_id": "yearn", "title": "YFI — Yearn Docs", "publisher": "Yearn", "date": "2026-04-17", "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/yfi", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_documentation", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Initial 30,000 YFI distributed to liquidity providers.", "Andre initially controlled the YFI minting function.", "Minting control transferred to a multisig shortly after emissions began.", "Governance later approved a separate 6,666 YFI mint, including contributor vesting and treasury allocation." ] }, { "id": "YFI-02", "project_id": "yearn", "title": "Governance and Operations — Yearn Docs", "publisher": "Yearn", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/governance-and-operations", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_documentation", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Yearn transitioned to a multi-DAO structure after YIP-61 in April 2021.", "YFI holders, yTeams, and a multisig have defined governance and execution roles." ] }, { "id": "YFI-03", "project_id": "yearn", "title": "Yearn's creator is all in on regulated crypto", "publisher": "Axios", "date": "2022-05-09", "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/yearns-creator-is-all-in-on-regulated-crypto", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "independent_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "Andre is publicly and contemporaneously identified as Yearn's creator.", "Yearn continued as a substantial platform after Andre's March 2022 departure." ] }, { "id": "KPR-01", "project_id": "keep3r", "title": "Keep3r Network repository and documentation", "publisher": "Keep3r Network", "date": null, "url": "https://github.com/keep3r-network/keep3r.network", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "source_code_repository", "independence": "public_code_record", "supports": [ "Keep3r is a decentralized keeper network connecting jobs with external keepers.", "The public repository contains contracts, audits, migrations, documentation, and commit history." ] }, { "id": "KPR-02", "project_id": "keep3r", "title": "A New Andre Cronje Beta Project, a New Token That Pumps", "publisher": "The Defiant", "date": "2020-10-28", "url": "https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/a-new-andre-cronje-beta-project-a-new-token-that-pumps", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "contemporaneous_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "Contemporaneous launch reporting quoted Andre saying there was no raise, sale, or initial distribution.", "The quoted launch model said supply started at zero and tokens were earned by registering and performing keeper work.", "The launch was explicitly described as beta and accompanied by a bug warning." ] }, { "id": "KPR-03", "project_id": "keep3r", "title": "Fixed Forex repository", "publisher": "Keep3r Network", "date": null, "url": "https://github.com/keep3r-network/fixed-forex", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "source_code_repository", "independence": "public_code_record", "supports": [ "Fixed Forex was developed in the Keep3r organization as a related protocol.", "The repository provides public code and contribution history." ] }, { "id": "EMN-01", "project_id": "eminence", "title": "Andre Cronje Diehards Take 'Test in Prod' Over The Edge With $15M Hack", "publisher": "The Defiant", "date": "2020-09-29", "url": "https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/andre-cronje-diehards-take-test-in", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "contemporaneous_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "Eminence was exploited for approximately $15 million before going live." ] }, { "id": "EMN-02", "project_id": "eminence", "title": "Hackers Drain $15 Million From Unreleased Yearn Finance Project", "publisher": "Decrypt", "date": "2020-09-29", "url": "https://decrypt.co/43203/hackers-drain-15-million-from-unreleased-yearn-finance-project", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "contemporaneous_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "Eminence was described contemporaneously as unreleased.", "Approximately $15 million was taken and approximately $8 million was returned." ] }, { "id": "EMN-03", "project_id": "eminence", "title": "Eminence Refund — Do or DAI", "publisher": "Rekt", "date": "2020-10-01", "url": "https://rekt.news/eminence-refund-do-or-dai", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "contemporaneous_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "A process was undertaken to distribute returned funds to affected participants." ] }, { "id": "EMN-04", "project_id": "eminence", "title": "Group raising funds to sue Andre Cronje over EMN hack", "publisher": "Cointelegraph via Investing.com", "date": "2020-10-11", "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/group-raising-funds-to-sue-andre-cronje-over-emn-hack-2322505", "source_tier": "C", "source_type": "contemporaneous_reporting", "independence": "independent_media", "supports": [ "The public effort described at the time was crowdfunding to finance a contemplated lawsuit.", "The report did not identify a filed complaint, court, or case number." ] }, { "id": "FTM-01", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Fantom Insights Vol. 9", "publisher": "Fantom Foundation", "date": "2018-10-01", "url": "https://medium.com/fantomfoundation/fantom-insights-vol-9-4e1a70c4538f", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "A contemporaneous Fantom publication identified Andre as a Technical Advisor." ] }, { "id": "FTM-02", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Fantom: A scalable framework for asynchronous distributed systems", "publisher": "arXiv", "date": "2018-10-22", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10360", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "research_paper", "independence": "public_academic_record", "supports": [ "Andre was a co-author of an early Fantom technical paper with Sang-Min Choi, Jiho Park, and Quan Nguyen." ] }, { "id": "FTM-03", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "A statement from the Fantom Foundation", "publisher": "Fantom Foundation", "date": "2022-03-11", "url": "https://blog.fantom.foundation/a-statement-from-the-fantom-foundation/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Fantom said Andre assisted as an adviser and helped establish the existing development team.", "Fantom said Andre was not the sole or core developer of Fantom's technology stack.", "Fantom said projects such as Yearn and Multichain had independent teams operating for years." ] }, { "id": "FTM-04", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Lachesis: Scalable Asynchronous BFT on DAG Streams", "publisher": "arXiv", "date": "2021-08-04", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01900", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "research_paper", "independence": "public_academic_record", "supports": [ "Andre co-authored later technical work on Lachesis and Opera with Quan Nguyen, Michael Kong, Egor Lysenko, and Alex Guzev." ] }, { "id": "SNC-01", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Andre Cronje — Chief Technology Officer of Sonic Labs", "publisher": "Sonic Labs", "date": "2024-08-13", "url": "https://blog.soniclabs.com/andre-cronje-chief-technology-officer-of-sonic-labs/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Andre was already a director and became Sonic Labs CTO.", "His CTO mandate included leading design and development of the Sonic network, especially Sonic Gateway." ] }, { "id": "SNC-02", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Official Sonic Labs statement on original Fantom tokenomics", "publisher": "Sonic Labs", "date": "2026-02-12", "url": "https://x.com/SonicLabs/status/2021979703029248322", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_social_post", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Sonic Labs publicly stated that Andre did not design the original Fantom tokenomics and attributed them to the initial South Korean team in 2018." ] }, { "id": "SNC-03", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "U.S. Expansion and TradFi Adoption Including NASDAQ Treasury Vehicle With S Acquisitions", "publisher": "Sonic governance record mirrored by Goverland", "date": "2025", "url": "https://gl.app/dao/info.sonic/proposals/0x489f1583b2db1e6e752404626283249223a1dbfb7337f4fb7dbaf28b1da1b759", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "governance_record", "independence": "public_governance_record", "supports": [ "A successful 2025 governance proposal expressly proposed new issuance and fee/burn changes as modernized tokenomics.", "The proposal stated that strategic DeFi activity led by Andre repurchased nearly all tokens then held by Sonic Labs." ] }, { "id": "SNC-04", "project_id": "fantom-sonic", "title": "Leadership update from Sonic Labs", "publisher": "Sonic Labs", "date": "2026-06-19", "url": "https://blog.soniclabs.com/leadership-update-from-sonic-labs/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Andre, Michael Kong, and David Richardson resigned from the board.", "The organization said responsibilities were being handed off in full.", "Andre would no longer make business decisions for Sonic Labs.", "Matt Visser became CEO and Kosta Kourkoumelis became COO." ] }, { "id": "SLD-01", "project_id": "solidly", "title": "Solidly: preparation for launch", "publisher": "Andre Cronje", "date": "2022-01-25", "url": "https://andrecronje.medium.com/solidly-preparation-for-launch-8e653ce8a428", "source_tier": "D", "source_type": "subject_authored_publication", "independence": "subject_first_party", "supports": [ "Solidly was being prepared for deployment on Fantom mainnet.", "Initial veNFT positions were allocated to recipient projects.", "Recipient projects collectively held 25% of the protocol in perpetuity.", "Emissions were scheduled to begin two weeks after deployment.", "Deployment was conditioned on a final pending audit." ] }, { "id": "SLD-02", "project_id": "solidly", "title": "Solidly interface continuity statement", "publisher": "Solidex", "date": "2022-03-06", "url": "https://x.com/SolidexFantom/status/1500413233705934848", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "maintainer_announcement", "independence": "third_party_project_first_party", "supports": [ "Solidex publicly announced arrangements to maintain the Solidly user interface.", "Solidex stated that the underlying contracts would continue operating." ] }, { "id": "SLD-03", "project_id": "solidly", "title": "Solidly user-interface repository", "publisher": "Solidex", "date": null, "url": "https://github.com/solidex-fantom/solidly-ui", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "source_code_repository", "independence": "public_code_record", "supports": [ "A public repository exists for the Solidly interface maintained by the Solidex organization." ] }, { "id": "MCH-01", "project_id": "multichain-relationship", "title": "A statement from the Fantom Foundation", "publisher": "Fantom Foundation", "date": "2022-03-11", "url": "https://blog.fantom.foundation/a-statement-from-the-fantom-foundation/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Fantom publicly stated that Multichain had its own team and had operated independently for years." ] }, { "id": "MCH-02", "project_id": "multichain-relationship", "title": "Fantom Foundation Awarded Default Judgment Against Multichain", "publisher": "Fantom Foundation", "date": "2024-03-04", "url": "https://blog.fantom.foundation/fantom-foundation-awarded-default-judgement-against-multichain/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_litigation_update", "independence": "claimant_first_party", "supports": [ "Fantom brought an action against Multichain Foundation for breach of contract and alleged fraudulent misrepresentations.", "Fantom described itself and its ecosystem as victims of the 2023 Multichain failure.", "Fantom pursued liquidation and recovery processes." ] }, { "id": "MCH-03", "project_id": "multichain-relationship", "title": "Fantom Foundation Update on Judgment Against Multichain", "publisher": "Fantom Foundation", "date": "2024-07-08", "url": "https://blog.fantom.foundation/fantom-foundation-update-on-judgment-against-multichain/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_litigation_update_linking_court_judgment", "independence": "claimant_first_party_with_court_link", "supports": [ "The Singapore High Court awarded Fantom damages in a case against Multichain Foundation.", "The published judgment excerpt described Multichain's CEO as having ultimate privileges and control over bridge assets.", "Fantom sought appointment of an independent liquidator for recovery and claims." ] }, { "id": "MCH-04", "project_id": "multichain-relationship", "title": "Fantom Foundation Ltd v Multichain Foundation Ltd [2024] SGHC 173", "publisher": "Singapore Judiciary", "date": "2024-07-08", "url": "https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2024_SGHC_173", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "court_record", "independence": "independent_public_record", "supports": [ "The underlying Singapore High Court judgment is publicly identifiable by neutral citation." ] }, { "id": "FT-01", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Flying Tulip Raises $200M", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": "2025-09", "url": "https://blog.flyingtulip.com/flying-tulip-raises-200m/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_announcement", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Andre is publicly identified as Flying Tulip's founder.", "Flying Tulip announced a $200 million private round.", "The team receives no initial token allocation.", "Team economics are tied to protocol-revenue-funded open-market buybacks.", "Primary participants receive an on-chain redemption right subject to reserves and protocol parameters." ] }, { "id": "FT-02", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Flying Tulip Sale Update", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": "2026-02-20", "url": "https://blog.flyingtulip.com/flying-tulip-sale-update/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_financial_update", "independence": "project_first_party_with_onchain_verification_links", "supports": [ "The $200 million seed figure was a commitment/allocation figure, not the amount still funded.", "As of February 20, 2026, total funded/currently held capital across tranches was reported as $183,897,578.66.", "The update disclosed funded, refunded, withdrawn, and channel-specific amounts.", "The update linked official and independent on-chain dashboards for verification." ] }, { "id": "FT-03", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "FT Token — Flying Tulip Docs", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/product-suite/ft-token/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_documentation", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "FT has a fixed pre-minted supply of 10 billion tokens.", "The docs describe the Perpetual PUT/redemption mechanics." ] }, { "id": "FT-04", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Capital Allocation — Flying Tulip Docs", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/capital-allocation/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_documentation", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "Backing-capital yield funds the ecosystem budget before surplus buybacks and burns.", "Protocol-revenue-funded buybacks govern Foundation, Team, and Incentive unlocks under a 40:40:20 structure." ] }, { "id": "FT-05", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Risks, Security, Audits — Flying Tulip Docs", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/risks/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_risk_documentation", "independence": "project_first_party", "supports": [ "The protocol has privileged roles and multisig-gated functions.", "Operational controls include configurator, treasury, strategy-manager, pause, and circuit-breaker functions.", "Backing-capital policy avoids leverage and bridging by default." ] }, { "id": "FT-06", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Multisigs — Flying Tulip Docs", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/risks/multisigs/", "source_tier": "B", "source_type": "official_control_registry", "independence": "project_first_party_onchain_verifiable", "supports": [ "The docs disclose a 3-of-5 multisig/treasury, a 3-of-4 configurator, and a 2-of-5 yield claimer.", "The relevant addresses and contract roles are publicly listed." ] }, { "id": "FT-07", "project_id": "flying-tulip", "title": "Contract Addresses — Flying Tulip Docs", "publisher": "Flying Tulip", "date": null, "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/contract-addresses/", "source_tier": "A", "source_type": "onchain_contract_registry", "independence": "project_first_party_onchain_verifiable", "supports": [ "Proxy, implementation, token, PUT, lending, and safety-contract addresses are publicly disclosed for independent on-chain review." ] } ] }